Yesterday Hayley and I assembled this rather splendid little playhouse bought from friends at a very reasonable price. The kids immediately took to it. Oliver has already started referring to it as "our house" meaning it belongs to him and Lucy.
Hayley commented last night that if the weather holds up this week they'll be able to play out there long enough to allow her to stand in the kitchen watching them while she tries to reduce the height of the mountain of ironing that seems to have built up recently.